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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Solanales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Calystegia sepium +
FAMILY
Convolvulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Calystegia sepium +
FAMILY
Convolvulaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 158-06-002:
Calystegia sepium
FAMILY
Convolvulaceae
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Convolvulus sepium +
COMMON NAME:
Hedge Bindweed
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JK Marlow jkm060506_047
May Oconee County SC
Clemson Forest
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JK Marlow jkm060506_047b
May Oconee County SC
Clemson Forest
Flowers solitary, funnel-shaped, with 5 shallow lobes, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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JK Marlow jkm090726_065
July Buncombe County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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JK Marlow jkm090726_075
July Buncombe County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
Stems trailing or twining, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm090726_078
July Buncombe County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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JK Marlow jkm090726_087
July Buncombe County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
Here ssp. appalachiana has strongly keeled bracts with overlapping bases, per Bindweeds of Alabama and adjacent states (Spaulding, 2013).
COMPARE
sepals and bracts of Bindweed and Morning Glory
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JK Marlow jkm090726_091
July Buncombe County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
Basal leaf lobes of ssp. appalachiana often with 2-3 acute angles, per Bindweeds of Alabama and adjacent states (Spaulding, 2013).